semti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *semH- (“to scoop, draw”).[1] Cognate with Latin sentīna (“bilgewater, bilge (of a ship)”), Proto-Celtic *semeti (“to pour”), and possibly Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́μη (ắmē, “shovel; pail”).

Pronunciation

Verb

sémti (third-person present tense sẽmia, third-person past tense sė́mė)

  1. to draw, scoop (water, etc.)

Conjugation

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  • samtis (“ladle”)

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sémti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 542-3

Turkish

Noun

semti

  1. definite singular accusative of semt
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